>>Have I have been deluding myself for years?
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>Apparently. < g >
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>>If I APPEND FROM from a table which has a memo field named MyNotes into a table with a character field named MyNotes, ought not the contents of MyNotes be transferred from the memo field into the character field, or at least as much as will fit?
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>APPEND FROM/COPY TO don't process memo fields. Never have.
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>Tamar

IF source table has a memo field and target table has a memo field of the same name, APPEND FROM will work on that memo field.

I was able to replicate his non-result when trying to put a memo field into a character field.